Emotions
The methods or tools a person uses to deal with situations. These may help a person face a situation, take action, and be flexible and persistent in solving problems.
what are Coping Skills?
Avoiding conflict even at the expense of yourself. (hint: not standing up for yourself)
what is Passive Communication?
A coping skill: in through your nose, out through your mouth.
what is Deep Breathing?
A powerful desire for something such as food, nicotine and other addictive substances.
what is a Craving?
In this stage, people have sustained their behavior change for a while (defined as more than 6 months) and intend to maintain the behavior change going forward.
What is Maintenance?
Writing down thoughts and feelings about what you experience.
What is journaling?
Winning, even at the expense of other people, ignoring their rights or coming across in a hostile way. (hint: yelling, insulting, threatening)
what is Aggressive Communication?
The two types of distress meaning short term and long term stress.
What is Acute and Chronic Stress?
Events, circumstances, people, feelings or thoughts that may produce uncomfortable emotions and cravings.
what is a trigger?
In this stage, you are planning on making changes to your behavior within the next 30 days.
What is preparation?
The practice of taking an active role in protecting one's own well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress.
what is Self-Care?
Standing up for your own rights while acknowledging those of other people or coming across in a “straight”, solution- oriented way.(hint: being respectful and getting straight to the point)
What is Assertive Communication?
A state of emotional suffering associated with stressors and demands that are difficult to cope with in daily life. (hint: this is referred to as negative stress)
what is Distress?
A network of people who provide an individual with practical or emotional support.
what is a Support System?
In this stage, you are actively making steps to change your behavior.
What is action?
A natural instinctive state of mind caused by one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others. (hint: feelings)
what are Emotions?
The improper usage or treatment of a person (such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, assault, violation, rape, unjust practices, crimes, or other types of aggression), often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit.
what is Abuse?
Neither positive nor negative. It refers to events that have no actual impact on a person. Any kind of information or sensory stimulus that is perceived as unimportant or inconsequential. (hint: this is referred to as neutral stress)
what is Neustress?
A recurrence of symptoms or behaviors that you have already changed but must now cope with the consequences
what is relapse?
In this stage, you acknowledge concerns and are considering the possibility of change but are uncertain of making the change
What is Contemplation?
Being able to confront and cope with all the negative emotions that were ignored when using drugs or alcohol.
what is Emotional Sobriety?
Guidelines, rules or limits that a person creates to identify reasonable, safe and permissible ways for other people to behave towards them and how they will respond when someone passes those limits.
what are Boundaries?
A positive response one has to a stressor, which can depend on one's current feelings of control, desirability, location, and timing of the stressor. (hint: this is referred to as positive stress)
what is Eustress?
Abnormal physical or psychological symptoms that occur when you stop using a drug that has the capability of producing physical dependence.
what is a withdrawal?
In this stage, you are not yet considering, willing or able to make the change.
What is Pre-contemplation?